A dissertation on sea-water : with the regimen proper to be observed in the use of it. Together with some practical hints on drinking the spaws, or any other medicinal waters. In a letter from a physician in the country to his friend in the town.

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[1755?]
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Credit: A dissertation on sea-water : with the regimen proper to be observed in the use of it. Together with some practical hints on drinking the spaws, or any other medicinal waters. In a letter from a physician in the country to his friend in the town. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 1° ] be encouraged (in my humble Opi¬ nion) by wrapping the Body up in dry Flannels, and going into a warm Bed, taking a Draught of Mufca- dine, Malmfey, Madeira Wine, or Sack and Water, with a few Spices mulled, in order to fupport it. That Difcharge being allowed to be above double to all other Excretions of the Body; and, the leaft Suppreffion (as is well known) immediately turns to our Difadvantage. Wherefore, the Time moft fitting for Bathing, is about fix, feven, or eight o’clock in the Morning, on a clear Day, when the Spring-Tides are coming on, at any Time from between Half Flood to Half Ebb (as the Sailors term it) going in always upon an empty Stomach. When after the Body has been immerfed twice or thrice in the Space of a Minute or thereabouts, and wiped thoroughly dry, (for, according to